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G. A. MEYER.

CHECK AND PAD PROTECTOR:

No. 382,998. Patented May 15, 1888.

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UNITED STATES PATENT EEIcE.

GEORGE A. MEYER, OF BROOKLYN, NElV YORK.

CHECK AND PAD PROTECTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 382,998, dated May 15, 1888.

Application filed September 1, 1887. Serial No. 148,453. No model.)

ToaZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE A. MEYER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Check and Pad Protectors, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple and effective temporary case or binding for general use for paper or other pads, to prevent tearing, soiling, crumpling, or losing the checks or leaves composing the pad,whereby the article is protected from injury while being carried in the pocket or suspended from the person.

To this end the invention consists in the employment of a case, made of metal or other suitable material, constructed with two covers, one rigid and the other hinged, and bound together at one end in such a manner as to form a cap or back, into which the stub end of the pad is detachably connected, while the pad is attached to the rigid cover by having its back sprung under an overhanging projection U formed on the outer end of the rigid cover.

My invention consists, further, in a sheet of silica attached to the inner Side of the jointed cover, and, moreover, the silica may be ruled and numbered to correspond with the numbers on the checks, thus doing away with the necessity of having a stub, as hereinafter more fully set forth.

1n the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspectiveview of the protector embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical sectional View thereof. Fig. 3 represents a plan view of my invention open, showing the inside flexible leaf containing the sheet of silica and havinga pad arranged in position ready for use.

The letter A indicates the pad-protector in book form, which may be made of pasteboard, sheet'tin, or other metal, or it may be made of metal and covered with leather, canvas, or any other suitable material.

The letter Bdesignates the cover, which may be either hinged to the cap or back D, as at a, with metal, or, when covered,the covering may form the hinge.

The letter C designates the rigid cover made with or connected to the cap D at the inner end, and having on its outer end an overhanging edge, E, under which the stiff back of the pad is sprung, which overhanging edge E, to

gether with cap D, to be presently described, holds the pad in position.

The letter D indicates the cap or back of the protector A, which may be formed by bending the metal forming the rigid covering at substantially right angles to form the back I), then bending the back I) again at right angles to itself and securing in said bent portion side pieces, d, which side pieces determine the thickness of the protector.

Itis obvious the cap or back D maybe formed in many ways, and the side pieces can be made with the covers or attached to itin anysuitable manner. Moreover, the overhanging edge E on the rigid cover 0 may be formed by bending down the edge when made of metal, or it may be attached to the cover when made of any other material.

On the inner side of the hinged cover B, I attach,by pasting or by bending over the edges 'of the cover, a sheet of silica, G, which may be ruled, as at it, and numbered in one color, as at K, to correspond with the numbers, as at a, on the checks, while the amounts are placed on the checks and on the silica opposite the numerals, as at S, in a different color from the color of the numerals, thus doing away with the necessity for havingstubs,by simplystamping the respective letter on the outside of the cover of the pad. For example, when the silica has been numbered with l, 2, 3, &c., as at k, in the first column, to correspond with the numbers a on the checks, and if it is desired to record a sale, it is simply done by noting, say, 50 on number 1 of the check, and 50 onthe silica opposite to l in a different color from the 1, which operation may be continued as long as desired.

The pad-protector may be provided with a ring for suspending it.

-What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A pad or check protector provided with a cap or back for holding the stub end of the pad, a rigid cover having an overhanging edge to receive the back of the pad, and a hinged cover joined to said cap, the jointed cover having its inner side provided with a sheet of silica to be ruled and numbered, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

GEORGE A. MEYER. l/Vitnesses:

FRANCIS 0. BOWEN, J AS. S. EWBANK. 

